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ROBERT DOUGLAS FULKERSIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1942 – April 21, 1968
Service recordRobert Douglas Fulkersin, of Texline, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 19
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Texline, Texas (Dallam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 19
- RONALD PHILIP DEANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- NEIL HARRIS EXUMPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DOMINGO RAUL GONZALESStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE OLLOMPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 24
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.